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From The Root: Police officers in the Big Apple have been catching a lot of heat for the law-enforcement tactic, but an ACLU report finds that Chicago cops have been even more confrontational. BY: DIANA OZEMEBHOYA EROMOSELE New York City’s stop-and-frisk program has captured national headlines because of […]

My husband’s instinct was to call law enforcement, but that didn’t seem like the solution. Especially after Tamir Rice. By Victoria Brown @byVictoriaBrown On the first day of winter’s thaw, I saw two teenage boys on the roof next door holding guns. I don’t know much about guns, except […]

It has been said by many who are supposed to be “Expert Pundits” that America is in a Post Racial state of mind. Post Racial. Post-Racial America Post-racial America is a theoretical environment where the United States is devoid of racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice. Some Americans believed […]

Sometimes the best way to show one’s ignorance and stupidity is to just allow them to speak. Ferguson Mayor Rejects Department Of Justice Report, Says There’s ‘No Proof’ City Has A Race Problem From Think Progress & CARIMAH TOWNES Months after Attorney General Eric Holder launched an investigation […]

Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department shortly after midnight as protesters gathered following the resignation of the city’s embattled police chief, a spokesman for the county police department says. Their conditions are unknown and no further details are immediately available, the spokesman says. […]

From MSNBC: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson resigns By Benjamin Landy Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson has resigned, a source has confirmed to msnbc’s Trymaine Lee. “It is with profound sadness that I am announcing I am stepping down from my position as chief of police for the […]

#BlackOutDay: Trending Twitter Hashtag Celebrates Black People, Fights Negative Stereotypes By AVIANNE TAN via GOOD MORNING AMERICA If you’ve been on Twitter or other social media today, you’ve probably seen the hashtag #BlackOutDay trending. But what is it? #BlackOutDay is a social media campaign today celebrating black beauty […]

From BBC News: Black girl ‘forced out of Alabama school’ 4 March 2015 Last updated at 00:32 GMT The BBC is retracing one of the great civil rights journeys, the march 50 years ago from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama. Then the struggle was over the right to […]

Building the First Slavery Museum in America By DAVID AMSDEN & The New York Times Magazine Louisiana’s River Road runs northwest from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, its two lanes snaking some 100 miles along the Mississippi and through a contradictory stretch of America. Flat and fertile, with oaks […]

Celebrating Black History Month this year has been a joy. I learn many things I didn’t have the pleasure of knowing every year I do this series but this year was especially informative & educational. I hope you too took pleasure in learning from my post. Here now […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) Mr Earl Francis Lioyd was a true trailblazer in the world of The National Basketball Association. Earl was the 1st Black player, 1st Black bench coach and 1st Black head coach in the NBA. […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) This Black History Moment will be a tad bit different. Today The Department Of Justice informed the world there will be no federal charges against George Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin: DOJ Announces No Charges Against […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784). Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was the first published African-American woman and second published African-American poet. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at the age of seven and transported to North America. […]

Black History Month Series 2015: The Black Cowboy’s. A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Forgetting The Racist Past. I wonder how many Black Americans drink Jameson Triple Distilled Irish Whiskey? Why do I ask? From ModernNotion.com: James Jameson Bought a Slave to Watch Her Be Eaten by Cannibals By Josh Hrala James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish Whiskey company, once bought […]

The Assassination of Malcolm X Malcolm X (/ˈmælkəm ˈɛks/; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: الحاجّ مالك الشباز‎), was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, […]

Black History Month Series 2015: James Nathaniel “Jim” Brown. James Nathaniel “Jim” Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player and actor. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine year career as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football […]

Black History Month Series 2015: The Pullman Car Porter. Pullman porter Pullman porters were men hired to work on the railroads as porters on sleeping cars. Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Pullman porters served American railroads […]

The Black History Month Series 2015: Doctor Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950). Dr. Charles Drew Blood Bank Inventor It’s impossible to determine how many hundreds of thousands of people would have lost their lives without the contributions of African-American inventor Dr. Charles Drew. This physician, […]

The Oreo Black History Series 2015: Karl Anthony “The Mailman” Malone. This is the month we celebrate Black History. I have decided to do something a bit different. Each day this month I will publish an “Oreo Black History Series 2015″ as well as “The Black History Month Series […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an African-American inventor and draftsman. Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848. He was the son of George and Rebecca Latimer, escaped […]

Black History Month Series 2015: Robert Robinson Taylor (June 8, 1868 – December 13, 1942) Robert Robinson Taylor (June 8, 1868 – December 13, 1942) was an American architect; by some accounts the first accredited African-American architect. He was also the first African-American student enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute […]

The Black History Month Series 2015: The Atlantic Slave Trade. Also Known As The Transatlantic Slave Trade Or The “African Holocaust” . The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of those […]

Help the Family of Tamir Rice. New Official GoFundMe.com Memorial Fund On November 22, 2014, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot and killed by a Cleveland, OH police officer while playing with a toy gun near the Cudell Recreation Center. In a 9-1-1 call prior to the Rice’s shooting, […]

From TheAntiMedia.org & Justin King High School Basketball Player Speaks Out After School and Sheriff Try to Ban ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Shirts Most of America is familiar with the story. A High School Basketball team in California wore shirts that included the final words of Eric Garner, “I Can’t Breathe,” […]

12 year old Tamir Rice shot ‘within two seconds’ of police arrival Published on Nov 27, 2014 Subscribe to BBC News HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Video footage of the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old in Cleveland shows he was shot within two seconds of the police arriving. EXTENDED VIDEO: […]

From EBONY News & Views: An Open Letter to the New York City Police Department’s Guardians Association and the Hispanic Association Writers, activists, educators and other concerned community members call on Black and Latino cops to take a stand Dear Sisters and Brothers, First and foremost, please accept […]

# of days that Darren Wilson has remained free : 148 # of days that Kajieme Powell has been dead : 139 # of days that Vonderrit Myers Jr. has been dead : 86 Let’s Stay Connected So You Know Ferguson Ferguson, We Still Have a Long Way to Go In this on-air […]

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